Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Rose-Hulman Scholar The Rose Thorn Archive Student Newspaper Winter 2-11-2005 Volume 40 - Issue 18 - Friday, February 11, 2005 Rose Thorn Staff Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.rose-hulman.edu/rosethorn Recommended Citation Rose Thorn Staff, "Volume 40 - Issue 18 - Friday, February 11, 2005" (2005). The Rose Thorn Archive. 238. https://scholar.rose-hulman.edu/rosethorn/238 THE MATERIAL POSTED ON THIS ROSE-HULMAN REPOSITORY IS TO BE USED FOR PRIVATE STUDY, SCHOLARSHIP, OR RESEARCH AND MAY NOT BE USED FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE. SOME CONTENT IN THE MATERIAL POSTED ON THIS REPOSITORY MAY BE PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT. 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The average in- on campus or at Ventures. “We to employees next week. crease over that time has been cannot shrink our way to suc- On the student side of New Residence Hall to President Jack Midgley told between 5.2 and 6.7% per year. cess,” Midg- things, the the Rose-Hulman community There will be no increase in ley said. academic receive name about the 2005-2006 budget at student headcount. He also Despite equipment an Institute Meeting on Tues- said the goal is to keep tuition the increase The equipment fund will The building known for fi ve years as day and again at a President’s constant, but it takes time to in faculty, fund will be be $600k, New Residence Hall is slated to get a Administrative Council Meet- put that change into effect and total em- which is new name. ing on Wednesday. “I am very this lower increase is moving ployee com- $600k, which is the high- The sophomore hall will be christened proud of this budget,” Midg- in the right direction. pensation the highest est to date. Percopo Hall at the end of the current ley said. To put things in perspective, will increase The equip- academic year. The name honors Midgley formed the Insti- The Association of Indepen- by $1.2 mil- to date. ment fund Michael Percopo, a 1943 alumnus and tute Leadership Team – in- dent Technological Universi- lion (3.7%) is divided cluding institute vice presi- ties (AITU) - which consists of from this between recipient of a 1972 honorary doctorate. dents, department heads, the 19 private technological uni- year. Total compensation fi g- academic departments and is Percopo passed away last year; a $7 athletic director, and librarian versities across the country, ures include salary, and bene- used to purchase new equip- million gift from his estate established – to determine the budget. including MIT, Caltech, Har- fi ts such as healthcare, tuition ment and maintain current the Percopo Scholarship Fund, which Midgley said the process con- vey Mudd and Rose, posted an grants for employee families, equipment. offers full-tuition scholarships to sisted of many cycles of sort- average 9.2% tuition increase and retirement funds. The There will be a 6% reduction talented students from the east and ing out in- next year—a salary pool will also increase in non-academic, non-salary west coasts. stitute pri- fi gure cal- by 2.5%. This means that de- variable costs. This category orities and culated by partment heads have 2.5% includes administrative costs building Six new faculty Rose-Hul- more money in their salary and transportation funds. Vice Pell grant award numbers members have man—for pools to allocate to profes- President for Student Affairs according- schools with sors. and Dean of Students Pete amounts may increase ly. After the been added to tuition over Unfortunately, health care Gustafson said that no Student President Bush’s recent budget Institute $26k. costs will increase. Midgley Affairs services will be elimi- Leadership decrease the Six new fac- said the cost of health care nated. Midgley said that these proposal will increase the maximum Team ap- student-faculty ulty members is increasing by 15% nation- cuts will require “the athletics award amount for Pell grants, say proved the have been wide. This means that health department to stretch a little congressional offi cials. budget, it ratio to 11.9:1. added to de- care contributions and de- in this upcoming year,” but Bush’s proposal would increase the was sent crease the ductibles will increase and adds that no team schedules maximum to $4550, less than his Y2000 out to a se- student-fac- employees will have to pay will be effected. campaign promise of $5100 but more ries of Board of Trustees com- ulty ratio from 12.4:1 to 11.9:1. more for health insurance. Midgley met with Rose-Hul- than the current maximum of $4050. mittees. The entire Board will “12:1 is a ratio people use as a “We are still among the best man Ventures staff members The actual amount of a grant award meet on February 25 to give threshold,” Midgley said. “If you in Indiana and the AITU,” on Tuesday to discuss the re- is based on students’ family incomes, fi nal approval to the budget. get below 12:1, you are defi nite- Midgley said. The school will cent administrative changes. Midgley announced that tu- ly top tier.” In addition to fac- retain the same insurance costs of attendance and part-time/full- ition will increase by 3.9% next ulty additions, no current posi- carrier and information about Continued on Page 3... time status. The proposal comes a month after the Department of Education revised Blood drive collects 241 pints eligibility criteria for the fi rst time in fi fteen years, cutting awards for more Angela Smiley than one million students nationwide. Staff Writer On February 8th and 9th, Broken hearts may Rose-Hulman held its second blood drive of the quarter. The actually exist drive, which was conducted New fi ndings suggest that there is by the Indiana Blood Center, such a thing as a ‘broken heart’. yielded 241 pints of blood. This refl ected a lower turnout than Researchers at Johns Hopkins was seen at the fall blood drive University followed 19 patients who - there was no line through exhibited heart attack symptoms after much of the afternoon - but is enduring severe emotional stress; on par with the historical aver- however, unlike typical heart attack age for winter quarter drives. patients, these individuals recovered Donna Gustafson, Associate within a few weeks. The researchers Dean for Student Services and dubbed the phenomenon ‘Broken Heart the blood drive’s long-term co- Syndrome’ in a report published in the ordinator, confi rmed that the second winter quarter blood New England Journal of Medicine. drive often receives a lower Andrea Brown / Photographer response than the others. As The wait for giving blood was not long on Tuesday afternoon, and one student reported no much as possible, the blood wait at all between sections. Friday drives are scheduled at times Sunny 42 Hi / 29 Lo during which students can Cathy Beemer, fi eld repre- you always come willingly,” at previous blood drives, while Saturday spare the hour or so to donate, sentative of the IBC, says that she remarked. “We have a lot a select few wore ‘gallon pins’ - Sunny 51 Hi / 37 Lo but the mandatory eight-week Rose’s blood drives are among of repeat donors.” small hearts that indicated they wait between blood donations the most fruitful in the region, In fact, many of the donors had given eight or more pints of Provided by www.weather.com means that this drive typically largely due to the attitude of present had given blood fi ve blood over their lifetimes. falls in the middle of labor-in- the Rose community. “These or more times. Several wore t- tensive ninth week. blood drives are wonderful... shirts that had been given out Continued on Page 3... News Entertainment Opinions Sports Flipside Is it fl ushable? “Um, I got here late... In Soviet Russia, Rose-Hulman basket- That boy is wild. Really late.” Photoshop crashes you. ball jumps to third place. Page 3 Pages 4 & 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 2 CLASSIFIEDS The Rose Thorn Friday Saturday February 11 12 * NSBE Talent Show Audi- Upcoming events tions, Classroom, New Residence Hall, 6-10 p.m. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 * Habitat For Hu- * Weight Watchers at * Campus Health Plan * Wabash Valley JETS High * Student Activi- manity Indoor Soccer Work Meeting, Hulman Information Session, GM School Competition, ties Film, “Friday Night Tournament, SRC, Start- Union, 12-1 p.m. Room, 9 a.m., 1:30 p.m., Throughout Campus, Lights”, Kahn Rooms, 8-10 p.m.